Patterns and Causes of Food Waste in the Hospitality and Food Service Sector: Food Waste Prevention Insights from Malaysia

Food Waste Volume and Composition in the Finnish Supply Chain: Special Focus on Food Service Sector

During 2010-2012 we carried out project Foodspill, concentrating on mapping the volume and composition of food waste in the Finnish foodchain. 380 households weighed their avoidable food waste each day when they disposed of food during a two-week research period. The average annual food waste was 23 kg per person, and for households 120–160 kg per annum. For the food service sector the amount, ...

Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Food Waste and Model Food Waste Compounds

Solid waste is generated at a rate of more than 4 lb per person per day. A significant portion of the non-recyclable waste is food waste, with high water content and low energy density. While most thermochemical conversion processes require a relatively dry feedstock, hydrothermal liquefaction uses subcritical water as the reaction medium and is therefore compatible with high-moisture feedstock...

What a Waste ! Developing the Food Waste - Preventing Behaviors Scale – A Useful Tool to Promote Household Food Waste - Prevention

By causing high amounts of household food waste, German households contribute significantly to serious global threats for the environment. Unfortunately, current information campaigns, conducted by several food waste-prevention initiatives, often lack in recipient’s perceived relevance of provided recommendations on how to prevent household food waste by improving the performance of relevant fo...

Household Food Waste in A Sample of the Libyan Community

  Background: Consumer behaviors at the household level have an impact on the quantity of food waste and the economic resources of the family and the country. This study aimed to assess food waste in a random sample of the Libyan community. Methods: A questionnaire was designed for the study and distributed randomly through social media, short message, e-mails, and via face to face interviews ...

Food waste collections